Cotton-harvester.



E. AGKORS.

COTTON HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10,1908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onnron.

ELIAS ACKORS, OF GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA.

COTTON-HARVESTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS AOKORS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Im rovements in Cotton Harvesters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of cottonharvesters characterizedby a rotating picker-spindle, and it has for its object to provide amachine of this kind which is simple in construction, and rapid andefficient 1n operation.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a lan view of the invention,and Fig. 2 is a si e elevation thereof.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes two spaced longitudinalbars mounted at their front and rear ends on wheels 6, and havingconnected to their front ends shafts 7 for attachment of a draft-animal.

about the middle thereof, are mounted spaced longitudinal beams 12provided with bearings for three transversely extending shafts 13, 12,and 15, respectively. On the shaft 13 is a spur-wheel 16 which mesheswith a pinion 17 on the shaft 14, and on the shaft 15 is a pinion 18which meshes with a spur wheel 17 a on the shaft 14. This train ofgearing is employed in order to rotate the shaft 15 at a high rate of seed. The shaft 13 is fitted with hand-cran s 19 for imparting motionthereto.

To each end of the shaft 15 is connected a suitable length of flexibleshafting 20 which carries the picker-spindles 21. These spindles taperto a point and have a roughened or notched outer surface.

At the rear end of the supporting-frame of the machine is carried a bag22 to receive the picked cotton, and on the frame, adjacent the mouth ofthe bag, are mounted upstanding metal lates 23 having slots 24 extendingdownwarc y from the top thereof. These slotted plates are for thepurpose of removing the cotton from the picker-spindles as will bepresently described.

At the front end of the machine is a platform 25 on which the operatorof the drivingmechanism stands.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 10, 1908.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Serial No. 426,285.

scribed, the cotton is quickly torn from the bolls and wrapped aroundthe spindles. WVhen a sufficient amount of cotton has collected on thespindles they are drawn through the slots 24 whereby the cotton isstripped off and drops into the bag 22. Two rows of plants may beoperated on, one laborer operating one of the picker-spindles on onerow, and another laborer operating the other picker-spindle on the otherrow. \Nhen all the plants within reach of the picker-spindles have beenstripped the ma chine is moved forward to a new position of operation.The flexible shaftin is of such a length that a large area may beoperated on so that no time will be lost by frequent movements of themachine along the row. It is not necessary that the apparatus be stoppedin order to pick the cotton, it being only necessary to stop the machinewhen the cotton cannot be all picked with the draftanimal moving slowly.

The machine herein described is simple in construction and therefore canbe cheaply built, it is easy to operate, and rapid and thoroughlyefficient in operation. By having the spindles tapering the cotton canbe stripped off more easily when they are drawn through the slottedplates.

I claim:

A cotton-harvester com rising a wheeled supporting-frame, a [lexib eshafting, a rotating picker-spindle carried thereby, driving means forthe shafting, a rece tacle carried by the supporting-frame, ant aslotted plate arranged adjacent the mouth of the receptacle forstripping the picker-spindle.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS ACKORS.

WVitnesses:

E. J. BLACKMAN, E. D. PELsIN.

